TOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Japan's public pension fund, the world's largest, said on Thursday it posted a positive 3.89 percent return on its total investments, for a profit of 4.5682 trillion yen ($48.48 billion), in the April-June period.
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which posted its biggest annual loss of nearly $100 billion for the financial year ended March 31, recorded its first quarterly profit since the same period last year due to a recovery in domestic and global share prices.
The performance of its investments improved as the Tokyo stock market's Nikkei average climbed 23 percent and the Dow Jones industrial average rose 11 percent during the three months.
GPIF invests the reserves of national and corporate pension plans into foreign and domestic stocks and bonds.
As of the end of June, the GPIF held about 121.86 trillion yen in assets, up from 117.63 trillion yen in March.
The rate of return on market investments, which excludes the Fiscal Investment and Loan Program (FILP) or Zaito bonds, was plus 4.85 percent, or a 4.4921 trillion yen profit. ($1=94.23 yen) (Reporting by Chikafumi Hodo)